Rotary wheel cleaning device

ABSTRACT

A rotary wheel cleaning device comprises a feeding station, a cleaning station, a blowing station and a discharging station. The feeding station completes positioning, jacking and clamping of a wheel; the cleaning station completes cleaning of the wheel; the blowing station completes blowing of the wheel; and the discharging station transfers the cleaned wheel. The device can be used for automatic continuous production, in which the wheel can horizontally rotate and turn over during cleaning, so that the wheel is cleaned in multiple angles and multiple directions; and by skillful layout, feeding, cleaning, blowing and discharging of the wheel are orderly engaged, so that the cleaning process is coherent and cyclic, the period is short and the efficiency is high.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201711476671.5 entitled ROTARY WHEEL CLEANING DEVICE filed Dec. 29, 2017, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the technical field of cleaning, and specifically, to a device for cleaning aluminum chips and cutting fluid remaining on the surface of a wheel.

BACKGROUND ART

After a wheel is machined, a lot of chips and cutting fluid remain on the surface and need to be cleaned first in order to facilitate subsequent automatic detection and burr removal. At present, cleaning equipment for a production line is often simple and cannot clean the wheel thoroughly in all directions, and the remaining aluminum chips may influence the subsequent automatic detection, so new automatic equipment must be developed. Based on the current situation, the present patent provides a rotary wheel cleaning device, in which a wheel can horizontally rotate and turn over during cleaning, so that the wheel is cleaned in multiple angles and multiple directions.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The aim of the present invention is to provide a rotary wheel cleaning device, which can be used for automatic continuous production, in which a wheel can horizontally rotate and turn over during cleaning, and feeding, cleaning, blowing and discharging of the wheel are orderly engaged.

In order to fulfill the above aim, the technical solution of the present invention provides a rotary wheel cleaning device comprising a frame, a jacking cylinder, a guide post, a support plate, a guide sleeve, a lifting table, an air compressor, a central post, guide rails, a gear rack, a left sliding plate, a right sliding plate, a clamping cylinder, upright posts, positioning wheels, a support, a servo motor, a bearing seat, a bearing, a shaft, a station turntable, a servo motor I, a servo motor II, a servo motor III, a servo motor IV, a feeding station manipulator, a cleaning station manipulator, a blowing station manipulator, a discharging station manipulator, drive motors, clamping wheels, an upper water tank, a water pump I, an upper water spray rack, a cylinder, a waterproof cover, a lower water tank, a water pump II, a water return pipeline, a lower water spray rack, an upper air compressor, an upper blowing rack, a lower air compressor, a lower blowing rack and a photoelectric sensor

The rotary wheel cleaning device comprises a feeding station, a cleaning station, a blowing station and a discharging station. The feeding station completes positioning, jacking and clamping of a wheel; the cleaning station completes cleaning of the wheel; the blowing station completes blowing of the wheel; and the discharging station transfers the cleaned wheel.

The support plate is fixed on the frame, the guide rails are symmetrically mounted on the support plate, the left sliding plate and the right sliding plate are mounted on the guide rails and connected with each other via the gear rack, the upright posts are respectively mounted on the left sliding plate and the right sliding plate, a positioning wheel is mounted on each upright post, when the clamping cylinder drives the right sliding plate to move, the left sliding plate moves synchronously with the right sliding plate, and the positioning wheels can position the wheel. The jacking cylinder is fixed on the frame, an output end thereof is connected with the lifting table to control the lifting table under the guidance of the guide post to ascend and descend, the air compressor is mounted in the lifting table, an air outlet of the air compressor is arranged on the upper surface of the lifting table, the air compressor is used for blowing a flange face of the wheel, and the central post is mounted in the center of the upper surface of the lifting table and used for radially positioning the wheel. After the wheel is positioned on a roller bed, the positioning wheels are reset, the jacking cylinder drives the lifting table to ascend, meanwhile, the air compressor discharges compressed air to blow the flange face of the wheel, thus improving the contact precision of the upper surface of the lifting table and the flange face of the wheel, and when the upper surface of the lifting table contacts the wheel and the central post is inserted into a central hole, the wheel can be jacked to leave the roller bed, till ascending to a set height. Two arms of the feeding station manipulator at the feeding station are tightened, the wheel can be positioned and clamped, and then the lifting table descends and is reset. This is the wheel feeding station.

The output end of the servo motor is connected with the station turntable, each of the servo motor I, the servo motor II, the servo motor III and the servo motor IV is mounted on the station turntable at intervals of 90 degrees in the circumferential direction from the adjacent ones, an output end of the servo motor I is connected with the feeding station manipulator, an output end of the servo motor II is connected with the cleaning station manipulator, an output end of the servo motor III is connected with the blowing station manipulator, an output end of the servo motor IV is connected with the discharging station manipulator, the drive motors are mounted on two arms of the manipulators, and a clamping wheel is mounted at the output end of each drive motor; and after the wheel is clamped, the drive motors can drive the wheel to rotate in a horizontal plane, and the servo motor I, the servo motor II, the servo motor III and the servo motor IV can drive the wheel to turn over up and down. When the servo motor drives the station turntable to rotate 90 degrees every time, cyclic switching of the four manipulators can be realized.

The upper water tank and the upper water spray rack are mounted on the frame above the cleaning station manipulator, and the water pump I is arranged in the upper water tank to supply water to the upper water spray rack. Four nozzles are uniformly distributed on the upper water spray rack in the circumferential direction. The cylinder is fixed at the top of the frame, the waterproof cover is mounted at an output end of the cylinder, the waterproof cover is controlled under the guidance of the guide post to ascend and descend, and the waterproof cover can prevent water from splashing when the wheel is cleaned. The lower water tank and the lower water spray rack are mounted on the frame below the cleaning station manipulator, and the water pump II is arranged in the lower water tank to supply water to the lower water spray rack. Four nozzles are uniformly distributed on the lower water spray rack in the circumferential direction. The nozzles arranged on the upper water spray rack are perpendicular to the nozzles arranged on the lower water spray rack, and the wheel is in a rotating state during cleaning, so the wheel can be cleaned thoroughly, and the purpose of saving water can be fulfilled. This is the wheel cleaning station.

The upper air compressor and the upper blowing rack are mounted on the frame above the blowing station manipulator, the air outlet layout of the upper blowing rack is consistent with the nozzle layout of the upper water spray rack, and four air outlets are uniformly distributed on the upper blowing rack in the circumferential direction. The lower air compressor and the lower blowing rack are mounted on the frame below the blowing station manipulator, the air outlet layout of the lower blowing rack is consistent with the nozzle layout of the lower water spray rack, and four air outlets are uniformly distributed on the lower blowing rack in the circumferential direction. This is the wheel blowing station.

The photoelectric sensor is mounted on the roller bed below the discharging station manipulator; when the wheel is transferred to the discharging station, the manipulator releases the wheel to the roller bed; and when the photoelectric sensor detects the wheel, the roller bed rotates to transfer the wheel. This is the wheel discharging station.

The working process of the rotary wheel cleaning device is as follows: firstly, after the wheel is positioned on the roller bed, the positioning wheels are reset, the jacking cylinder drives the lifting table to ascend, meanwhile, the air compressor discharges compressed air to blow the flange face of the wheel, when the upper surface of the lifting table contacts the wheel and the central post is inserted into the central hole, the wheel can be jacked to leave the roller bed and ascend to a set height, two arms of the feeding station manipulator are tightened, the wheel is positioned and clamped, and then the lifting table descends and is reset. Then, the servo motor drives the station turntable to rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise, the discharging station manipulator rotates to the feeding station, and next wheel is positioned, jacked and clamped; the wheel clamped by the feeding station manipulator rotates to the cleaning station, the cylinder is started to drive the waterproof cover to descend, the water pump I and the water pump II are simultaneously started to clean the wheel, the drive motors drive the clamping wheels to rotate in the wheel cleaning process, such that the wheel rotates in a horizontal plane, the servo motor I is started to drive the wheel to turn over up and down, and the wheel is cleaned in multiple angles and multiple directions. After the wheel is cleaned, the waterproof cover ascends and is reset, the discharging station manipulator has clamped next wheel to be cleaned, then the servo motor drives the station turntable again to rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise, the blowing station manipulator rotates to the feeding station via two times of rotation, and next wheel is positioned, jacked and clamped; the wheel clamped by the discharging station manipulator rotates to the cleaning station and is cleaned, the wheel clamped by the feeding station manipulator rotates to the blowing station, the upper air compressor and the lower air compressor are simultaneously started to blow the wheel, the drive motors drive the clamping wheels to rotate in the wheel blowing process, the wheel rotates in the horizontal plane, the servo motor I is started to drive the wheel to turn over up and down, and the wheel is blown in multiple angles and multiple directions. After the wheel is blown, the blowing station manipulator has clamped next wheel to be cleaned, the wheel clamped by the discharging station manipulator has been cleaned, then the servo motor drives the station turntable again to rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise, the cleaning station manipulator rotates to the feeding station via three times of rotation, and next wheel is positioned, jacked and clamped; the wheel clamped by the blowing station manipulator rotates to the cleaning station and is cleaned, the wheel clamped by the discharging station manipulator rotates to the blowing station and is blown, and the wheel clamped by the feeding station manipulator rotates to the discharging station and is released and transferred. After the wheel is transferred, the cleaning station manipulator has clamped next wheel to be cleaned, the wheel clamped by the blowing station manipulator has been cleaned, the wheel clamped by the discharging station manipulator has been blown, then the servo motor drives the station turntable again to rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise, the feeding station manipulator returns to the feeding station via four times of rotation, so far, a single cycle of feeding, cleaning, blowing and discharging of a wheel is completed. At the moment, the device enters a stable full-load running state; when a wheel is fed at the feeding station, a wheel is cleaned at the cleaning station, a wheel is blown at the blowing station, and a wheel is transferred at the discharging station; and the four stations are closely connected with each other and independent from each other, so the period is short and the efficiency is high.

The device can be used for automatic continuous production, in which the wheel can horizontally rotate and turn over during cleaning, so that the wheel is cleaned in multiple angles and multiple directions. By skillful layout, feeding, cleaning, blowing and discharging of the wheel are orderly engaged, so that the cleaning process is coherent and cyclic, the period is short and the efficiency is high.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view of a rotary wheel cleaning device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the rotary wheel cleaning device of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a left view of the rotary wheel cleaning device of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged bottom view of an upper water spray rack of the rotary wheel cleaning device of the present invention; and

FIG. 5 is an enlarged top view of a lower water spray rack of the rotary wheel cleaning device of the present invention.

In which, 1—frame, 2—jacking cylinder, 3—guide post, 4—support plate, 5—guide sleeve, 6—lifting table, 7—air compressor, 8—central post, 9—guide rail, 10—gear rack, 11—left sliding plate, 12—right sliding plate, 13—clamping cylinder, 14—upright post, 15—positioning wheel, 16—support, 17—servo motor, 18—bearing seat, 19—bearing, 20—shaft, 21—station turntable, 22—servo motor I, 23—servo motor II, 24—servo motor III, 25—servo motor IV, 26—feeding station manipulator, 27—cleaning station manipulator, 28—blowing station manipulator, 29—discharging station manipulator, 30—drive motor, 31—clamping wheel, 32—upper water tank, 33—water pump I, 34—upper water spray rack, 35—cylinder, 36—waterproof cover, 37—lower water tank, 38—water pump II, 39—water return pipeline, 40—lower water spray rack, 41—upper air compressor, 42—upper blowing rack, 43—lower air compressor, 44—lower blowing rack, 45—photoelectric sensor.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Specific details and working conditions of a device provided by the present invention will be described below in combination with the accompanying drawings.

A rotary wheel cleaning device comprises a frame 1, a jacking cylinder 2, a guide post 3, a support plate 4, a guide sleeve 5, a lifting table 6, an air compressor 7, a central post 8, guide rails 9, a gear rack 10, a left sliding plate 11, a right sliding plate 12, a clamping cylinder 13, upright posts 14, positioning wheels 15, a support 16, a servo motor 17, a bearing seat 18, a bearing 19, a shaft 20, a station turntable 21, a servo motor I 22, a servo motor II 23, a servo motor III 24, a servo motor IV 25, a feeding station manipulator 26, a cleaning station manipulator 27, a blowing station manipulator 28, a discharging station manipulator 29, drive motors 30, clamping wheels 31, an upper water tank 32, a water pump I 33, an upper water spray rack 34, a cylinder 35, a waterproof cover 36, a lower water tank 37, a water pump II 38, a water return pipeline 39, a lower water spray rack 40, an upper air compressor 41, an upper blowing rack 42, a lower air compressor 43, a lower blowing rack 44 and a photoelectric sensor 45.

The rotary wheel cleaning device comprises a feeding station, a cleaning station, a blowing station and a discharging station. The feeding station completes positioning, jacking and clamping of a wheel; the cleaning station completes cleaning of the wheel; the blowing station completes blowing of the wheel; and the discharging station transfers the cleaned wheel.

The support plate 4 is fixed on the frame 1, the guide rails 9 are symmetrically mounted on the support plate 4, the left sliding plate 11 and the right sliding plate 12 are mounted on the guide rails 9 and connected with each other via the gear rack 10, the upright posts 14 are respectively mounted on the left sliding plate 11 and the right sliding plate 12, a positioning wheel 15 is mounted on each upright post 14, when the clamping cylinder 13 drives the right sliding plate 12 to move, the left sliding plate 11 moves synchronously with the right sliding plate 12, and the positioning wheels 15 can position the wheel. The jacking cylinder 2 is fixed on the frame 1, the output end thereof is connected with the lifting table 6 to control the lifting table 6 under the guidance of the guide post 3 to ascend and descend, the air compressor 7 is mounted in the lifting table 6, an air outlet of the air compressor 7 is arranged on the upper surface of the lifting table 6, the air compressor 7 is used for blowing a flange face of the wheel, and the central post 8 is mounted in the center of the upper surface of the lifting table 6 and used for radially positioning the wheel. After the wheel is positioned on a roller bed, the positioning wheels 15 are reset, the jacking cylinder 2 drives the lifting table 6 to ascend, meanwhile, the air compressor 7 discharges compressed air to blow the flange face of the wheel, thus improving the contact precision of the upper surface of the lifting table 6 and the flange face of the wheel, and when the upper surface of the lifting table 6 contacts the wheel and the central post 8 is inserted into a central hole, the wheel can be jacked to leave the roller bed, till ascending to a set height. Two arms of the feeding station manipulator 26 at the feeding station are tightened, the wheel can be positioned and clamped, and then the lifting table 6 descends and is reset. This is the wheel feeding station.

The output end of the servo motor 17 is connected with the station turntable 21, and each of the servo motor I 22, the servo motor II 23, the servo motor III 24 and the servo motor IV 25 is mounted on the station turntable 21 at intervals of 90 degrees in the circumferential direction from the adjacent ones, the output end of the servo motor I 22 is connected with the feeding station manipulator 26, the output end of the servo motor II 23 is connected with the cleaning station manipulator 27, the output end of the servo motor III 24 is connected with the blowing station manipulator 28, the output end of the servo motor IV 25 is connected with the discharging station manipulator 29, the drive motors 30 are mounted on two arms of the manipulators, and a clamping wheel 31 is mounted at the output end of each drive motor 30; and after the wheel is clamped, the drive motors 30 can drive the wheel to rotate in a horizontal plane, and the servo motor I 22, the servo motor II 23, the servo motor III 24 and the servo motor IV 25 can drive the wheel to turn over up and down. When the servo motor 17 drives the station turntable 21 to rotate 90 degrees every time, cyclic switching of the four manipulators can be realized.

The upper water tank 32 and the upper water spray rack 34 are mounted on the frame above the cleaning station manipulator 27, and the water pump I 33 is arranged in the upper water tank 32 to supply water to the upper water spray rack 34. Four nozzles are uniformly distributed on the upper water spray rack 34 in the circumferential direction, and the remaining nozzles are arranged in a transverse “-” shape. The cylinder 35 is fixed at the top of the frame, the waterproof cover 36 is mounted at the output end of the cylinder 35, the waterproof cover 36 is controlled under the guidance of the guide post to ascend and descend, and the waterproof cover 36 can prevent water from splashing when the wheel is cleaned. The lower water tank 37 and the lower water spray rack 40 are mounted on the frame below the cleaning station manipulator 27, and the water pump II 38 is arranged in the lower water tank 37 to supply water to the lower water spray rack 40. Four nozzles are uniformly distributed on the lower water spray rack 40 in the circumferential direction. The nozzles arranged on the upper water spray rack 34 are perpendicular to the nozzles arranged on the lower water spray rack 40, and the wheel is in a rotating state during cleaning, so the wheel can be cleaned thoroughly, and the purpose of saving water can be fulfilled. This is the wheel cleaning station.

The upper air compressor 41 and the upper blowing rack 42 are mounted on the frame above the blowing station manipulator 28, the air outlet layout of the upper blowing rack 42 is consistent with the nozzle layout of the upper water spray rack 34, and four air outlets are uniformly distributed on the upper blowing rack 42 in the circumferential direction. The lower air compressor 43 and the lower blowing rack 44 are mounted on the frame below the blowing station manipulator 28, the air outlet layout of the lower blowing rack 44 is consistent with the nozzle layout of the lower water spray rack 40, and four air outlets are uniformly distributed on the lower blowing rack 44 in the circumferential direction. This is the wheel blowing station.

The photoelectric sensor 45 is mounted on the roller bed below the discharging station manipulator 29; when the wheel is transferred to the discharging station, the manipulator releases the wheel to the roller bed; and when the photoelectric sensor 45 detects the wheel, the roller bed rotates to transfer the wheel. This is the wheel discharging station.

The working process of the rotary wheel cleaning device is as follows: firstly, after the wheel is positioned on the roller bed, the positioning wheels 15 are reset, the jacking cylinder 2 drives the lifting table 6 to ascend, meanwhile, the air compressor 7 discharges compressed air to blow the flange face of the wheel, when the upper surface of the lifting table 6 contacts the wheel and the central post 8 is inserted into the central hole, the wheel can be jacked to leave the roller bed and ascend to a set height, two arms of the feeding station manipulator 26 are tightened, the wheel is positioned and clamped, and then the lifting table 6 descends and is reset. Then, the servo motor 17 drives the station turntable 21 to rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise, the discharging station manipulator 29 rotates to the feeding station, and next wheel is positioned, jacked and clamped; the wheel clamped by the feeding station manipulator 26 rotates to the cleaning station, the cylinder 35 is started to drive the waterproof cover 36 to descend, the water pump I 33 and the water pump II 38 are simultaneously started to clean the wheel, the drive motors 30 drive the clamping wheels 31 to rotate in the wheel cleaning process, the wheel rotates in a horizontal plane, the servo motor I 22 is started to drive the wheel to turn over up and down, and the wheel is cleaned in multiple angles and multiple directions. After the wheel is cleaned, the waterproof cover 36 ascends and is reset, the discharging station manipulator 29 has clamped next wheel to be cleaned, then the servo motor 17 drives the station turntable 21 again to rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise, the blowing station manipulator 28 rotates to the feeding station via two times of rotation, and next wheel is positioned, jacked and clamped; the wheel clamped by the discharging station manipulator 29 rotates to the cleaning station and is cleaned, the wheel clamped by the feeding station manipulator 26 rotates to the blowing station, the upper air compressor 41 and the lower air compressor 43 are simultaneously started to blow the wheel, the drive motors 30 drive the clamping wheels 31 to rotate in the wheel blowing process, the wheel rotates in the horizontal plane, the servo motor I 22 is started to drive the wheel to turn over up and down, and the wheel is blown in multiple angles and multiple directions. After the wheel is blown, the blowing station manipulator 28 has clamped next wheel to be cleaned, the wheel clamped by the discharging station manipulator 29 has been cleaned, then the servo motor 17 drives the station turntable 21 again to rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise, the cleaning station manipulator 27 rotates to the feeding station via three times of rotation, and next wheel is positioned, jacked and clamped; the wheel clamped by the blowing station manipulator 28 rotates to the cleaning station and is cleaned, the wheel clamped by the discharging station manipulator 29 rotates to the blowing station and is blown, and the wheel clamped by the feeding station manipulator 26 rotates to the discharging station and is released and transferred. After the wheel is transferred, the cleaning station manipulator 27 has clamped next wheel to be cleaned, the wheel clamped by the blowing station manipulator 28 has been cleaned, the wheel clamped by the discharging station manipulator 29 has been blown, then the servo motor 17 drives the station turntable 21 again to rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise, the feeding station manipulator 26 returns to the feeding station via four times of rotation, so far, a single cycle of feeding, cleaning, blowing and discharging of a wheel is completed. At the moment, the device enters a stable full-load running state; when a wheel is fed at the feeding station, a wheel is cleaned at the cleaning station, a wheel is blown at the blowing station, and a wheel is transferred at the discharging station; and the four stations are closely connected with each other and independent from each other, so the period is short and the efficiency is high.

The device can be used for automatic continuous production, in which the wheel can horizontally rotate and turn over during cleaning, so that the wheel is cleaned in multiple angles and multiple directions. By skillful layout, feeding, cleaning, blowing and discharging of the wheel are orderly engaged, so that the cleaning process is coherent and cyclic, the period is short and the efficiency is high. 

1. A rotary wheel cleaning device, comprising a frame, a jacking cylinder, a guide post, a support plate, a guide sleeve, a lifting table, an air compressor, a central post, guide rails, a gear rack, a left sliding plate, a right sliding plate, a clamping cylinder, upright posts, positioning wheels, a support, a servo motor, a bearing seat, a bearing, a shaft, a station turntable, a first servo motor, a second servo motor, a third servo motor, a fourth servo motor a feeding station manipulator, a cleaning station manipulator, a blowing station manipulator, a discharging station manipulator, drive motors, clamping wheels, an upper water tank, a first water pump, an upper water spray rack, a cylinder, a waterproof cover, a lower water tank, a second water pump, a water return pipeline, a lower water spray rack, an upper air compressor, an upper blowing rack, a lower air compressor, a lower blowing rack and a photoelectric sensor; wherein each of the first servo motor, the second servo motor, the third servo motor and the fourth servo motor is mounted on the station turntable at intervals of 90 degrees in a circumferential direction from the adjacent ones, an output end of the first servo motor is connected with the feeding station manipulator, an output end of the second servo motor is connected with the cleaning station manipulator, an output end of the third servo motor is connected with the blowing station manipulator, an output end of the fourth servo motor is connected with the discharging station manipulator, the drive motors are mounted on two arms of the manipulators, and a clamping wheel is mounted at an output end of each drive motor; and wherein after the wheel is clamped, the drive motors are configured to drive the wheel to rotate in a horizontal plane, and the first servo motor, the second servo motor, the third servo motor and the fourth servo motor are configured to drive the wheel to turn over up and down.
 2. The rotary wheel cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the upper water tank and the upper water spray rack are mounted on the frame above the cleaning station manipulator, and the first water pump is arranged in the upper water tank to supply water to the upper water spray rack; and further comprising: four first nozzles that are uniformly distributed on the upper water spray rack in the circumferential direction; wherein the lower water tank and the lower water spray rack are mounted on the frame below the cleaning station manipulator, and the second water pump is arranged in the lower water tank to supply water to the lower water spray rack; and further comprising: four second nozzles that are uniformly distributed on the lower water spray rack in the circumferential direction; and the first nozzles arranged on the upper water spray rack are perpendicular to the second nozzles arranged on the lower water spray rack.
 3. The rotary wheel cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein an air outlet layout of the upper blowing rack is consistent with a nozzle layout of the upper water spray rack, and four first air outlets are uniformly distributed on the upper blowing rack in the circumferential direction; and an air outlet layout of the lower blowing rack is consistent with a nozzle layout of the lower water spray rack, and four second air outlets are uniformly distributed on the lower blowing rack in the circumferential direction. 